High school sports wrap up this weekend at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway as state championship games and matches will be held for the four spring sports of baseball, softball and boys and girls soccer.
Maumelle and Central Arkansas Christian are among the schools competing for state titles.
For the Hornets, they’re playing Valley View (30-2) for the 5A state title at 7 p.m. on Friday night. Maumelle, while having played for multiple state titles over the years in different sports, have never claimed a team championship.
Obviously, Maumelle hopes to come back with a ring.
The Hornets are 18-11 on the season, and lost to Valley View, 2-1, at the start of the season.
As for the Blazers, they’re playing for the title for the fourth time in the last four years and have yet to lose to an in-state team this season.
It is also a rematch of sorts in other ways as it was Valley View who defeated Maumelle in the first round of the 5A football playoffs last November.
The game will be televised on Arkansas PBS and in-game live stats will be at aaa.statbroadcast.com, just click through for the Maumelle-Valley View game.
CAC is also playing for a state title at 10 a.m. on Saturday as the Mustangs (18-5) will face Gosnell (25-8) in another case of central Arkansas vs. northeast Arkansas matchups.
This is the two school’s first meeting this season.
Expected to get the start for CAC is Grayson WIlson, a junior, and a familiar name as he also plays quarterback and was a starting forward on CAC’s state championship winning basketball team. Wilson, 6–foot-3 on the football roster but 6-2 on the basketball roster, is a junior and has already committed to play quarterback at the University of Arkansas, but still has some more chapters to write in the school’s history book.
CAC is far from done as both the boy’s and girl’s soccer squads are playing for titles on Saturday.
The first title match of the day is when CAC (15-3-2) faces undefeated Green Forest (18-0-1) for the 3A boys title.
CAC is riding a nine-match winning streak, while Green Forest had a 1-1 draw to Dardanelle back in April to keep them from a perfect season.
Expect a noisy atmosphere at UCA’s Estes Stadium where the soccer matches will be played on the stripes.
Immediately following CAC-Green Forest is CAC and Episcopal Collegiate for the 3A girl’s title.
CAC is 16-3 on the season and the two teams split during the regular season. Episcopal is 15-2. The other loss was to 6A Little Rock Central at the beginning of the season.
State championship game schedules were adjusted to accommodate graduation ceremonies as 18 of the 40 participating schools had scheduling conflicts.
AAA also announced that in case of inclement weather, games delayed by weather would be pushed to Sunday with the hopes of keeping as much of the schedule intact as possible on Friday and Saturday.
Tickets for all 20 state finals games are now on sale and can be purchased digitally using GoFan at gofan.co/app/school/AAA.
Schedules
Baseball Finals
Thursday: 10 a.m. - Taylor vs West Side, 1A Championship
Thursday: 4 p.m. - Prairie Grove vs Robinson, 4A Championship
Friday: 1 p.m. - Rogers vs Har-Ber, 6A Championship
Friday: 7 p.m. - Valley View vs Maumelle, 5A Championship
Saturday 10 a.m. - Central Arkansas Christian vs Gosnell, 3A Championship
Saturday: 4 p.m. - Woodlawn vs Ouachita, 2A Championship
Softball Finals
Thursday: 1 p.m. - Taylor vs Scranton, 1A Championship
Thursday: 7 p.m. - Sheridan vs Beebe, 5A Championship
Friday: 10 a.m. - Farmington vs Pea Ridge, 4A Championship
Friday: 4 p.m. - Har-Ber vs Bentonville, 6A Championship
Saturday: 1 p.m. - Riverside vs Mansfield, 2A Championship
Saturday: 7 p.m. - Hackett vs Lincoln, 3A Championship
Soccer Finals
Friday: 10 a.m. - Bentonville vs Rogers, 6A Girls Championship
Friday: Noon - Russellville vs Van Buren, 5A Boys Championship
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Weekend of Champions is here: Maumelle, CAC to play for state titles
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High school sports wrap up this weekend at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway as state championship games and matches will be held for the four spring sports of baseball, softball and boys and girls soccer.
Maumelle and Central Arkansas Christian are among the schools competing for state titles.
For the Hornets, they’re playing Valley View (30-2) for the 5A state title at 7 p.m. on Friday night. Maumelle, while having played for multiple state titles over the years in different sports, have never claimed a team championship.
Obviously, Maumelle hopes to come back with a ring.
The Hornets are 18-11 on the season, and lost to Valley View, 2-1, at the start of the season.
As for the Blazers, they’re playing for the title for the fourth time in the last four years and have yet to lose to an in-state team this season.
It is also a rematch of sorts in other ways as it was Valley View who defeated Maumelle in the first round of the 5A football playoffs last November.
The game will be televised on Arkansas PBS and in-game live stats will be at aaa.statbroadcast.com, just click through for the Maumelle-Valley View game.
CAC is also playing for a state title at 10 a.m. on Saturday as the Mustangs (18-5) will face Gosnell (25-8) in another case of central Arkansas vs. northeast Arkansas matchups.
This is the two school’s first meeting this season.
Expected to get the start for CAC is Grayson WIlson, a junior, and a familiar name as he also plays quarterback and was a starting forward on CAC’s state championship winning basketball team. Wilson, 6–foot-3 on the football roster but 6-2 on the basketball roster, is a junior and has already committed to play quarterback at the University of Arkansas, but still has some more chapters to write in the school’s history book.
CAC is far from done as both the boy’s and girl’s soccer squads are playing for titles on Saturday.
The first title match of the day is when CAC (15-3-2) faces undefeated Green Forest (18-0-1) for the 3A boys title.
CAC is riding a nine-match winning streak, while Green Forest had a 1-1 draw to Dardanelle back in April to keep them from a perfect season.
Expect a noisy atmosphere at UCA’s Estes Stadium where the soccer matches will be played on the stripes.
Immediately following CAC-Green Forest is CAC and Episcopal Collegiate for the 3A girl’s title.
CAC is 16-3 on the season and the two teams split during the regular season. Episcopal is 15-2. The other loss was to 6A Little Rock Central at the beginning of the season.
State championship game schedules were adjusted to accommodate graduation ceremonies as 18 of the 40 participating schools had scheduling conflicts.
AAA also announced that in case of inclement weather, games delayed by weather would be pushed to Sunday with the hopes of keeping as much of the schedule intact as possible on Friday and Saturday.
Tickets for all 20 state finals games are now on sale and can be purchased digitally using GoFan at gofan.co/app/school/AAA.
Schedules
Baseball Finals
Thursday: 10 a.m. - Taylor vs West Side, 1A Championship
Thursday: 4 p.m. - Prairie Grove vs Robinson, 4A Championship
Friday: 1 p.m. - Rogers vs Har-Ber, 6A Championship
Friday: 7 p.m. - Valley View vs Maumelle, 5A Championship
Saturday 10 a.m. - Central Arkansas Christian vs Gosnell, 3A Championship
Saturday: 4 p.m. - Woodlawn vs Ouachita, 2A Championship
Softball Finals
Thursday: 1 p.m. - Taylor vs Scranton, 1A Championship
Thursday: 7 p.m. - Sheridan vs Beebe, 5A Championship
Friday: 10 a.m. - Farmington vs Pea Ridge, 4A Championship
Friday: 4 p.m. - Har-Ber vs Bentonville, 6A Championship
Saturday: 1 p.m. - Riverside vs Mansfield, 2A Championship
Saturday: 7 p.m. - Hackett vs Lincoln, 3A Championship
Soccer Finals
Friday: 10 a.m. - Bentonville vs Rogers, 6A Girls Championship
Friday: Noon - Russellville vs Van Buren, 5A Boys Championship
Friday: 2 p.m. - Siloam Springs vs Pulaski Academy, 5A Girls Championship
Friday: 4 p.m. - Clarksville vs Dardanelle, 4A Boys Championship
Saturday: 10 a.m. - Catholic vs Conway, 6A Boys Championship
Saturday: Noon - Harding Academy vs Shiloh Christian, 4A Girls Championship
Saturday: 2 p.m. - Central Arkansas Christian vs Green Forest, 3A Boys Championship
Saturday: 4 p.m. - Episcopal Collegiate vs Central Arkansas Christian, 3A Girls Championship